Greetings. I am trying to figure out how to override 'use'. 

BEGIN{
  use subs qw(use);
  sub use{ print "Using fake use\n"; }
}
use Data::Dumper;

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However, this didn't seem to work. I tried enclosing the enclosing the 'subs' pragma and the fake 'use' definition in a BEGIN block because the 'use' occurs at compile time. Alas, this didn't seem to work.

Thus I have come to you seeking enlightenment. I am going about this wrong? Is it even possible to override the 'use' special form? Is their documentation anywhere specifying what CORE subroutines are and are not overridable?

In reply to Overriding 'use'? by Anonymous Monk

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